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Hey there. Every time I click Choose File, or Browse for files, for example while uploading images, Safari locks up and freezes. If I leave it alone for say, 5 minutes, it will fix itself, and sometimes it works fine. If I drag the image into the choose file area, I can upload, I just can't browse for files.
Any idea how to fix this?

I'm running Safari 4.0.4. By the way, this happens with all browsers I have (Opera, Firefox, Chrome) when searching for files.

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